法律英语报刊选读

第一单元 司法体系

Lesson 1 New York Lawyer Is Arrested in Toronto

Lesson 2 Prosecution Rests in R. Kelly Child-porn Trial

Lesson 3 Wiretap Trial Sheds Light on Lawyers Work with Private Eyes

Lesson 4 California Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Easier for Prisoners to Win Parole

Lesson 5 Judicial Races Much Too Vital to Bypass in the Voting Booth

Lesson 6 American Judges

第二单元 司法理念

Lesson 7 Lexington. Land of the Free?

Lesson 8 A Defeat for Judicial Reform

Lesson 9 Supreme Court Affirms Suspects Right to Keep Silent

Lesson 10 When Human Rights Extend to Nonhumans

Lesson 11 Courtroom Powder Incidents

Lesson 12 O.J. Simpson， Once Acquitted of Murder， Now on Trial for Robbery and Kidnapping

第三单元 婚姻家庭

Lesson 13 "Jewish Clause" Divides a Family

Lesson 14 Adult Children， Aging Parents and the Law

Lesson 15 Madonna， Ritchie Granted Divorce

Lesson 16 Costly Custody Feud

Lesson 17 FBI： Couple Offered Sex with 5-year-old for Used Car

Lesson 18 Child Neglect Charges

Lesson 19 Putative Father

第四单元 企业经济

Lesson 20 Litigation

Lesson 21 Think Film and Chairman David Bergstein Face Allegations of Unpaid Bills

Lesson 22 Culver Knocks Agriprocessors， Company Answers back

Lesson 23 Countrywide Financial Corp

Lesson 24 Mich. Court OKs Ban on Credit Scoring in Insurance

第五单元 军事国防

Lesson 25 FBI Saw Threat of Mortgage Crisis

Lesson 26 Two Marines Refuse to Testify in Ex-comrades Case

Lesson 27 Bush Signs off on Armys 1st Execution in Decades

Lesson 28 U.S. Judge Approves First Trial of a Guantanamo Bay Detainee

Lesson 29 U.S. Psychologists Debate Role in Military Interrogations

Lesson 30 Guantanamo

第六单元 医患、枪支管理

Lesson 31 Legislative Malpractice

Lesson 32 Judge Hears Arguments over Wis. Medical Fund

Lesson 33 Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law

Lesson 34 Police Taser Guns

Lesson 35 Gun Control- The Supreme Court Opens Fire

第七单元 死刑犯、少数群体利益

Lesson 36 Gay Marriage： The Guys Next Door

Lesson 37 Gay Marriage Foes Mobilize for Ban in California

Lesson 38 No Fatal Mistakes

Lesson 39 Pardoned Illinois Death Row Inmate Is Investigated for Same Crime

Lesson 40 Death Penalty

Lesson 41 A Dream Deferred?

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